Newport St / Ave A / Tilden / Beverley

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From the Livonia Ave station on the L train, through Brownsville, along the secluded Avenue A, into East Flatbush, skirting the cemetery, until I made it to Flatbush -- and then had to extend my walk because the MTA is a P.I.T.A!

The first three photos are the obligatory photos of the tracks that run alongside the L train which will be used for the eventual IBX light rail system, and which divide East New York from Brownsville, followed by the bridge over those tracks. I've recently been informed that a connection is finally being built between the L stop at Livonia and the 3 train stop at Junius. Currently, you have to leave one station, walk a couple blocks in the neighborhood and then get the other train.

The third picture is Newport Street, which is interrupted by the rail tracks.

The first two pictures below are the Floyd Patterson ballfields and park. The third picture is Watkins St, a dead end street that doesn't seem to have a public walkway like many of the other streets around here.

Two empty lots / snow-covered gardens. Maybe they'll look better in summer. Finally, the end of Newport St.

When Newport ended, I turned left down E98 Street for a block until turning right on Church Ave.

From there, it was one block down E96 St (first photo) to get to Linden Blvd. There was a time when I worked (subbed) at a school on Linden Blvd, and I remember this sign for Kings Highway -- instead of making a left onto Kings Highway, you have to turn onto Church Ave, which turns after Raplh Ave, and then two blocks later, you can make the left onto Kings Highway. Okay, I bored you with traffic instructions enough.

Finally, I made it onto Ave A. For a good chunk of my life, I didn't even know that Ave A in Brooklyn even existed. I assumed Albemarle Road was where Avenue A should be -- which is possibly true because many of the streets south of Prospect Park go in alphabetical order.

Ave A is only 9 short blocks long and ends at the intersection of E 87 Street and Ralph Ave. A half block stroll down Ralph brought me to the start of Tilden Ave (I think I said "Tillary" in the video, which is in downtown Brooklyn). Tilden will be interrupted by Holy Cross Cemetery, which I had to skirt around.

I didn't get far on Tilden before this huge building loomed ahead of me. Samuel L. Tilden High School takes up two full city blocks between the building and the athletic field behind it. I immediately recognized this building -- because I've seen it before! Tilden is one of a handful of public high schools that were built during the Depression using a single set of blueprints to save money. Abraham Lincoln High School in Brighton Beach has the same plans.

Tilden crosses Kings Highway (below) and Utica Ave before hitting Schnectady Ave and the cemetery. I took a couple of photos. The back gate was not open, so I couldn't walk through the cemetery. (Other gates are open, so I could have entered it, but I couldn't be sure how I'd get out of it.) I walked up to Snyder and retraced my steps on that street. Then I turned down Brooklyn Ave to return to Tilden. I noted that the entraces on Snyder and Brooklyn were open.

And that should've been the end of it. It was getting dark. I was getting tired, so when I reached Nostrand, I walked down to the IRT station at Beverley Road. No one stopped me from entering despite the fact that they were handing out vouchers for alternate transportation. At this point, a bus wasn't going to get me anywhere -- and worse, I'd have to switch for another train which would cost me another fare. So I walked down Beverley Road to get to the Q train.

And that's it for this trip. Come back soon.

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